[Herman (Steam bark), of San Francisco, Calif., mastered by Hartson H. Bodfish, kept by Hartson H. Bodfish, on voyage from 27 Mar.-26 Nov. 1909]

by: Herman (Steam bark)

Publication date: 1909

Collection: newbedfordwhalingmuseum; regionaldigitizationmass; americana

Digitizing sponsor: Boston Public Library

Contributor: New Bedford Whaling Museum

Language: English

Partial log, kept by Hartson H. Bodfish, relating to a whaling voyage to the Arctic Ocean.$bIncludes descriptions of types of whales (bowhead, gray, humpback, killer, sperm, and white), seals, and walrus seen or taken, and indigenous people; and whale stamps, inventories of whale oil and bone, list of whales taken and by whom, and account of trading. Other places represented include Unalaska, Ukivok (King Island), Point Hope, Dutch Harbor, Point Barrow, and Cape Smyth; Whaling vessel, out of San Francisco, Calif., mastered by Hartson H. Bodfish, on voyage from 27 Mar.-26 Nov. 1909, to the Arctic Ocean whaling grounds; owner-agent: H. Liebes & Co.; built at Bath, Me., 1884

In the collection of the New Bedford Whaling Museum Research Library